If you plan to miss this movie, better miss it quickly; I doubt if it'll be around to miss for long.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.

I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you. Dairy is bad for you. Forget the ads: Milk and eggs are bad for you.

I do not fear death. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.

So, you're the Santa Claus of the magic world with a naughty and nice list?

as if it were a point of honor—which, indeed, a point of art often is.

I love to strengthen myself with a healthy diet, plenty of exercise and maintaining a strong connection to myself.

Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.

The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.

This latter day work is spiritual. It takes spirituality to comprehend it, to love it, to discern it. Therefore, seek the spirit in all you do. Keep it with you continually. That is our challenge.

Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences.

Sometimes people count their chickens before they hatch.

When I was born again, I received the very life of the risen Lord from Jesus Himself.

It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.